Monthly Archives: November 2012
Wow
The north pole of Saturn, courtesy of the Cassini spacecraft: Our Earth is about the size of a marble held up to this. Awesome. via IO9 00
Oh, oh, oh ouch
Bob Owens gives voice to all us racist, slopeheaded, white Southron wimmin’- hatin’ bigots, In the nicest way: Hello. My name is Bob, and I’m a racist. I know this because the editorial board of the Washington Post said so. While I’m too young to have used water cannons on civil rights protesters, and couldn’t tell you … Continue reading
On the scales, at the end
Your Tony Woodlief thought for the day: But the thing is, none of us will heave his corpse, in that last day, onto the same scale. You have the life that has unfolded for you, and I the life that has unfolded for me, and all of us have a very simple and terrifying responsibility, … Continue reading
PSA
Service may be interrupted due to severe football… UPDATE: and this PSA, courtesy of Metro and House of Eratosthenes +10
In reference to the previous post
They’re mad as hell and not taking it any more: Complaints About Turkey Attacks On The Rise In Brookline BROOKLINE (CBS) – Neighbors are on the offensive in Brookline after what some residents are describing as aggressive turkeys. “They were attacking the vehicle,” Karen Halvorson said outside her home in the Aspinwall Hill neighborhood. After getting … Continue reading
Missle Defense just doesn’t work
Evidence here, from Beersheba, in the Negev Desert in Israel: Spooky incoming missiles. Dang Israelis won’t let Hamas have any fun… via Ace of Spades +10
On a lighter note
Perhaps to dispel the gloom of the previous post, your feel-good story for today, lifted from the Bleat: Prior to relocating Online Insurance Brokerage World Headquarters to it’s new swanky digs last October, I had seen a middle aged fellow on a a rather routine basis near our old building from 2006 through 2011. Every time I … Continue reading
That Frightening Wisdom
I’ve been reading Roger Kimball for many years now, and I have always found his blog to be a refuge of calm and well-considered discourse. The commentariat there has always been well-read, intelligent, and bone-deep supporters of our Grand Experiment, the United States of America. So it troubles me that I find the following within a … Continue reading
Semi-relevant Serenity Quote
“There has been no war here. It was the Pax. The G23 Paxilon hydrochloride acid that we added to the air processors. It was supposed to calm the population, weed out aggression. Well it worked. The people here stopped fighting, and then they stopped everything else. They stopped going to work, they stopped breeding, talking, … Continue reading
Gun purchasing tips’n'trix
Overheard on a comment thread at Ace of Spades: Part of it needs to involve new and inventive ways to finance them without the Mrs. finding out about it, making your life miserable for a week, and finally clubbing you to death with it in your sleep. Among the many inventive ways quilters hide their … Continue reading
A little bit of sanity- from 1943
Instapundit links to a Forbes article that has a wonderful capsule description of an affliction that has grown up in this country, one that started long before I ever thought it had: … people who live in cities are relatively insulated from how difficult and challenging it can be to produce the food, energy, equipment, devices, etc., … Continue reading
Do Not Speed in Dekalb Co. Georgia
(sneakily lifted from Bob Owens’ site) 00
Life During Wartime
Gaza being lit by Israeli retaliation. (click to embiggen) A gallery of shots from Israel/Gaza, reasonably balanced for a refreshing change. I knew if the Arabs kept poking at the Israelis there would be hell to pay. After a certain point the most patient of people (and I count the nation of Israel as a … Continue reading
An Open Message To Looters
Brought to you as a public service: 00
The Dude Abides
Click each- you know you want to…. via 00
